Doomed Queens (45 page)

2. Which of these accomplishments did Caroline of Brunswick
not
achieve, much to her chagrin?

         a. Getting knocked up after one night of marital congress.

         b. Having Jane Austen wield her powerful pen on her behalf.

         c. Winning the hot love of her husband, George IV, along with a coronation.

         d. Topless dancing—nude,
nude
, NUDE!—on the Continent.

Rasputin is watching you.

3. Alexandra Romanov believed Rasputin:

         a. Was a healer with a heart of gold.

         b. Was a funky-smelling ladies’ man.

         c. Was her best hope for chatting up the peasants.

         d. Had really nice eyes.

4. Which factor led to the death of Elisabeth of Bavaria?

         a. A wild and crazy family.

         b. An anarchist with a sharpened file.

         c. A whomping case of the pox.

         d. Adolescent poetry.

5. What doomed Diana and Charles’s marriage?

         a. The public preferred the princess to the prince.